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Alone: A Love Story

Alone: A Love Story is an award-winning memoir by Michelle Parise. With candour and humour, Michelle delves into the deepest, darkest aspects of her divorce and her new life as a part-time parent, part-time partier.

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Alone: A Love Story Introduces: Helluva Story

Helluva Story is an intimate and illuminating weekly half-hour featuring the best in audio documentary. Listen along with host Duncan McCue as he explores the beauty and messiness of real life with storytellers and their subjects. More episodes are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/4604aDti

Nov 30, 202231 min

Bonus: Forza, coraggio and an update

It's okay to grieve when things are beyond our control. Michelle Parise shares words of wisdom for these uncertain times. Plus, some news! "Alone: A Love Story" is now a book.

Apr 26, 20205 min

Chapter 28: Love after Love

Spiderman, a sexy cowboy, and making my way out of the wild, wild wood.

Feb 11, 201935 minSeason 3Ep. 28

Chapter 27: Blow Away

Cloud 9, flight school, flying high. Then a sudden change of altitude.

Feb 10, 201927 minSeason 3Ep. 27

Chapter 26: Caution

Carpenter ants, cotton candy and a passionate declaration from The Man With the White Shirt.

Feb 09, 201922 minSeason 3Ep. 26

Chapter 25: Lost

Cold legs, wanderlust and living by the tides.

Feb 08, 201926 minSeason 3Ep. 25

Chapter 24: Falling

The edge of despair, The Husband becomes a dandy, and the trouble with truth and trust.

Feb 07, 201930 minSeason 3Ep. 24

Chapter 23: In Dreams

PDA in NYC, running in circles and sex as ceasefire.

Feb 06, 201926 minSeason 3Ep. 23

Chapter 22: Variations

Marking time, my territory and my biological clock.

Feb 05, 201927 minSeason 3Ep. 22

Chapter 21: Courage

The first episode of the third season. A frightening encounter, a beautiful road trip and a new chapter in my life.

Feb 04, 201927 minSeason 3Ep. 21

Chapter 20: Someone Good

Tarot cards, Lou Reed's bookend and a serpent eating its own tail...

Apr 13, 201821 minSeason 2Ep. 20

Chapter 19: So It Goes

U2, unicorns, a journey to the red hills and the curse of Drew Barrymore...

Apr 12, 201822 minSeason 2Ep. 19

Chapter 18: He Exists

Begging God for a boyfriend, a man in a white shirt, floating on Cloud 9 and Destiny's Child...

Apr 11, 201829 minSeason 2Ep. 18

Chapter 17: The Lonely

Bob Dylan's curse, what lonely feels like and a visit with the matchmaker...

Apr 10, 201827 minSeason 2Ep. 17

Chapter 16: Sidelines

A favourite lover, the divorce office, a crazy request and a (not so sure) sure thing...

Apr 09, 201826 minSeason 2Ep. 16

Chapter 15: The New World

Dancing, being Italian, a man in the kitchen and advice from an ex-husband...

Apr 08, 201828 minSeason 2Ep. 15

Chapter 14: Adrift

Springsteen, breaking the one and done policy, The Bad Ones and an orphan Christmas...

Apr 07, 201829 minSeason 2Ep. 14

Chapter 12: Half-Life

Hookup culture, the paradox of choice, a cute/crazy guy and love off the coast of Newfoundland...

Apr 05, 201828 minSeason 2Ep. 12

Chapter 11: Hold It Together

Sex, sailboats and a Dark 'n Stormy. Season 2 kicks off with first times and quantum leaps...

Apr 04, 201823 minSeason 2Ep. 11

Chapter 10: Forza

Michelle goes to Italy to be with the people that are, and the place that is, her anchor. The sea, soil and family ground her, and a new bond is made with her father. She returns to Canada with her life a big question mark.

Sep 30, 201724 minSeason 1Ep. 10

Chapter 9: Freedom

Michelle looks to superconnector friends to help her re-enter the world as a single person. Late nights and spontaneity reawaken parts of her she didn't realize were dormant.

Sep 29, 201722 minSeason 1Ep. 9

Chapter 8: Left and leaving

Michelle and The Husband pack up their house together, dismantling 12 years in two months. They move out and into two apartments across the street from one another, committed to raising their daughter together.

Sep 28, 201723 minSeason 1Ep. 8

Chapter 7: Protection

In the first weeks after The Bomb, friends, family, co-workers and strangers show kindness and support, and The Husband has a revelation about kindness too.

Sep 27, 201721 minSeason 1Ep. 7

Chapter 6: Fallout

In the wake of The Bomb, Michelle becomes a shell of her former self, and slowly spirals down, deeper and deeper into grief and straight into the arms of the monster, Loneliness.

Sep 24, 201722 minSeason 1Ep. 6

Chapter 5: The bomb

By the time the baby is four, The Husband has become a stranger in his own home. There are arguments and few answers as to why. One day, Michelle finds a tell-tale umbrella and soon after, she's hit with the bomb called Affair.

Sep 23, 201717 minSeason 1Ep. 5

Chapter 4: Impossible to see

Michelle struggles with the isolation of maternity leave and emptiness sets in as she feels less and less like herself. Just as she's about to return to work, there's a surprising event and everything changes again.

Sep 22, 201729 minSeason 1Ep. 4
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